(a) instruments providing for stricter standards for young workers in relation to working hours, weekly rest, holidays with pay and apprenticeship 12/.
II. THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
A.
The dimensions of the problem
32. According to recent International Labour Organisation estimates, there were some 52 million children at work in the world in 1979. 13/ The following table shows the distribution by geographic area:
Children and work, 1979
Unpaid family workers 1/
Area
Total active
Percent of
(millions)
(millions)
total active
World
52.0
More developed regions
1.3
Less developed regions
50.7
88 18
80
41.2
40
0.5
80
40.6
South Asia
29.0
80
23.2
East Asia
9.1
70
6.4
Africa
9.7
95
9.2
Latin America
3.1
65
2.0
Europe
0.7
50
0.4
USSR
Northern America
Oceania
Source: ILO, Bureau of Statistics.
0.3
10
1
0.1
85
0.1
1/ Includes workers on own account.
12/- Utilization of Spare Time Recommendation, 1924 (No. 21);
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Holidays with Pay Recommendation, 1936 (No. 47); Apprenticeship Recommendation, 1939 (No. 60);
Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Recommendation 1952 (No. 93);
- Holidays. with Pay Recommendation, 1954 (No. 98);
Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Recommendation, 1957 (No. 103);
Reduction of Hours of Work Recommendation, 1962 (No. 116).
13/ Children and Work, op. cit., Annex I.
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